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• Social-Media Service ‘Foursquare’ Expected to Break Out in 2010

  
  Hiring the Internet — Authority: 107
  According to Pete Cashmore, founder and CEO of tech blog “Mashable” and a frequent contributor to CNN.com, Foursquare – an up-and-coming social-media service – is poised to make its grand debut next year. Whereas Twitter dominated the tech headlines in 2009 – a rise to prominence that we’ve document ...
  4 days ago

• Foursquare checks-in to Mumbai: dawn of a new business paradigm built around location?

  
  Trakin' the india business buzz — Authority: 501
  Foursquare is a new social network service that has now become available in India (Mumbai) too, and it allows its users to check-in to various  parks, bars, museums, restaurants, whatever using their iPhone or Android Smartphone applications or by manually checking in using the mobile browser on other mobile ...
  5 days ago

• Location-based services about to blossom

  
  David Kamerer's Spoonful — Authority: 444
  So whats hot in social media today? Location, location, location! Thats right, location-based services appear to be gaining critical mass. This trend is driven by the proliferation of handsets with built-in GPS receivers, including the iPhone, Android devices such as the Droid, and the BlackBerry, as well as the ...
  6 days ago

• Location Is The Missing Link Between Social Networks And The Real World

  
  TechCrunch — Authority: 897
  Imagine a world where you sit at your computer and you never go outside. Where you never see another human being. This is the world that sites like Google and Facebook want you to live in. Though they’d never admit to such a thing, the reasoning should be obvious: The longer you’re at your computer, the more time ...
  1 week ago

• Location Is The Missing Link Between Social Networks And The Real World

  
  PimpThisBlog.com - Latest published stories — Authority: 465
  Imagine a world where you sit at your computer and you never go outside. Where you never see another human being. This is the world that sites like Google and Facebook want you to live in.Though theyd never admit to such a thing, the reasoning should be obvious: The longer youre at your computer, the more time youre ...
  1 week ago

• Dear Twitter: Really? Seriously? [Infochimps]

  
  The SiliconANGLE — Authority: 146
  Dear Twitter, We go way back. Over two years, in fact.  Tech years work like dog years, and I’m pretty sure that equates to something like 50 years.  Anyway. I read in this ReadWriteWeb post , a company called InfoChimps made their intentions of selling Twitter data public in their blog.  Your founder Biz ...
  1 week ago

• RIM’s New Locate Service for GPS Apps is Going to be HUGE!

  
  BerryReview.com — Authority: 634
  RIM mentioned this new Locate Service during the keynote and it really interests me. RIM plans on using it to allow any developer to quickly tap into your location based on cell towers and GPS. The idea is that instead of having 3 different applications that want your location constantly polling for it you have one ...
  2 weeks ago

• Sponty: Revolutionizing the Meetup and Tweetup

  
  Family Learning Center — Authority: 160
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  2 weeks ago

• Making the Connection between Social and Mobile

  
  VisInsights — Authority: 402
  One of the amazing things about many of the new mobile devices that have been created over the past 24 months is their ease of use related to accessing content and information on the internet. This growth of new mobile devices has coincided with the rapid rise and proliferation of social networks and technologies for ...
  2 weeks ago

• Loopt Launches Major Update To Unite Mobile, Social, And Local Discovery On BlackBerry Smartphones

  
  BlackBerry Rocks! — Authority: 531
  Loopt let me know that they have just released a major update for their BlackBerry client that adds a bunch of new features. Loopt mobile updates your location in real-time while it runs in the background so you can meet up with nearby friends, explore new places to grab food, and find local events wherever you ...
  2 weeks ago

• Giving Yourself Away

  
  Blackinformant.com - African-American culture, news commentary, politics — Authority: 609
  Recently I have been toying around with the idea of downloading the Loopt application on my phone. For those of you out there who never heard of loopt, it’s a program designed for cell phone users that provides the physical location of your circle of friends (who also need to register for the service). A map pops up ...
  2 weeks ago

• Review And Update: Loopt for BlackBerry

  
  BlackBerry Sync - BlackBerry News You Can Sync With... — Authority: 521
  Loopt announced a major update for its free application for BlackBerry at the BlackBerry Developer Conference. Loopt connects users to the most relevant places and people nearby using background location updating. This new version better enhances a user’s ability to experience more around them by who’s around, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Loopt Updates Its BlackBerry App with Several New Features

  
  Berry Reporter — Authority: 479
  Yesterday at the BlackBerry Developer Conference Loopt announced a major update for their free BlackBerry app.  Loopt is a location based service that turns your cellphone into a friend finder.  The new update includes several new features that make it easier than ever to connect with friends and places. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Loopt for BlackBerry bests iPhone app with background location updates and Pulse suggestions

  
  PhoneArea.net — Authority: 158
  It’s not often that a mobile app for the BlackBerry ( NSDQ: RIMM ) platform out-plays its iPhone counterpart. But, when it happens, you can be sure it’s going to grab some…
  2 weeks ago

• Mobile application round-up: Android, iPhone, Blackberry and more

  
  GoMo News — Authority: 571
  There has been a lot of interesting moves in the mobile application market this last day, so we’ve rounded up the best of the stories here on GoMo News. Hugely popular iPhone music application Shazam has released a new “Encore” app. Loopt , the free location-based mobile social network for Blackberry, has ...
  2 weeks ago

• For On-the-Go Mobile Coupons, Consumer Customization is the Key

  
  Digital Signage Insights — Authority: 125
  With the rise of location-based mobile services like Foursquare , Gowalla , and Loopt , more and more consumers are broadcasting where they are throughout the day. The emerging trend extends from checking-in at bars/restaurants to earn special badges to keeping your social network abreast of every detail of your ...
  2 weeks ago

• Loopt for BlackBerry Now Works More Like Loopt for iPhone

  
  Mashable! — Authority: 869
  One of the emerging trends in social media is geolocation. It makes a lot of sense because connecting with people and activities going on around you is a great way to enhance and actively use the real-time nature of social networking. With GPS becoming practically a standard feature on smartphones and the popularity ...
  2 weeks ago

• Loopt Releases Update – Adds Background Location Updating

  
  BerryReview.com — Authority: 634
  Loopt just announced an update to their application that will add some more uses to their free application. The app will now help you find places and people nearby using background location updating. My guess is that it will always use GPS or maybe even cell tower triangulation in the background to find people and ...
  2 weeks ago

• Loopt Begins Fresh Mobile Assault With Pulse And Background Location For BlackBerry

  
  TechCrunch — Authority: 897
  As a blackberry user, I generally feel a little left out of of the location-based apps world. FourSquare only provides a mobile site for BlackBerry users (but has an Android app ). BrightKite has an innovative BlackBerry app, but it’s not nearly as feature-rich as its sister iPhone app. Today, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Gentlemans Grab-Bag

  
  The Discerning Brute — Authority: 421
  A shirt is worth a thousand words – well at least this organic tee from Helmet of the Will is. Don’t know what to make for Thanksgiving? Killspencer makes lux bags out of recycled military tarps, waterproof zippers, and patented cobra buckles. Handcrafted sweatshop-free in Los Angeles. Some ...
  2 weeks ago

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